A child does not thrive on what he is prevented from doing, but on what he actually does. —Marcelene Cox More about this quote Tags: children control thriving Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Marcelene Cox The difficulty between parents and adolescents is not always caused by the fact that parents fail to remember what growing up was like, but that they do. —Marcelene Cox More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is a mystery why adults expect perfection from children. Few grown-ups can get through a whole day without making a mistake. —Marcelene Cox More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents. —Marcelene Cox More about this quote Tags: success blame parent Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The difficulty between parents and adolescents is not always caused by the fact that parents fail to remember what growing up was like, but that they do. —Marcelene Cox More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is a mystery why adults expect perfection from children. Few grown-ups can get through a whole day without making a mistake. —Marcelene Cox More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents. —Marcelene Cox More about this quote Tags: success blame parent Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “control” It's always been and always will be the same in the world: the horse does the work, and the coachman is tipped. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: power work animals control enslavement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say. —Michael Winner More about this quote Tags: effort control team Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not waiting passively until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient, we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand. —Henri J. M. Nouwen More about this quote Tags: patience present trust taste discipline control waiting live conflict tomorrow Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen. —Julian Barnes in The Sense of an Ending More about this quote Tags: power memory thought control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: politics power people democracy control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's always been and always will be the same in the world: the horse does the work, and the coachman is tipped. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: power work animals control enslavement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say. —Michael Winner More about this quote Tags: effort control team Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not waiting passively until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient, we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand. —Henri J. M. Nouwen More about this quote Tags: patience present trust taste discipline control waiting live conflict tomorrow Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen. —Julian Barnes in The Sense of an Ending More about this quote Tags: power memory thought control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: politics power people democracy control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email